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Will selling items too cheap make your website look cheap?

When products are priced exceptionally low, consumers often associate them with low quality. While this isn't always the case, it's a perception that's challenging to shake off. Your website may be offering high-quality items, but if they're priced too low, potential customers might question their durability, reliability, or authenticity.

 

Your pricing strategy reflects your brand image. If your products are consistently priced lower than your competitors', it can signal that your brand doesn't value its offerings as much. This perception can diminish your brand's prestige and make it challenging to position yourself as a premium or high-value provider in the future.


Selling products at extremely low prices may drive short-term sales, but it's not sustainable in the long run. If your profit margins are razor-thin, you'll struggle to cover operational costs, invest in growth, or weather economic downturns. Ultimately, a business that prioritizes volume of sales over profitability risks collapse when faced with unexpected challenges.

 

Price is often equated with value. When products are priced too cheaply, customers may expect subpar customer service, slow shipping, or inferior post-purchase support. Meeting these expectations while maintaining profitability becomes increasingly difficult, leading to dissatisfaction among customers and negative reviews that can tarnish your reputation.

 

 

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Would also love to hear from you what businesses that you think are pricing themselves correctly!

Max Pete
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I wish I had an answer for that.  In my opinion, I think Amazon is way overpriced.  I used to think the same about Overstock.  Good question, I really can't say what businesses are pricing themselves correctly.  

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Do you have a set cost calculation? And are you sticking to that set rule for all products you sale? If not, that is key on getting to your retail cost, making an oklahoma profit and knowing when you can put a product on sale or offer special price for products. 
Your cost of goods should include shipping costs, or your travel to get the item if you pick it up. 
Some people use keystone - which is just double your cost, which is not recommended especially if you have a brick and mortar store. This is because now your profit margin is cut in half or even greater, because you have overhead from rent, employees, and swipe from credit card, bag and tissue costs as well as  shipping costs which all cuts your bottom dollar profit. 
Standard calculation is 2.2 or more to get your appropriate retail cost. If you use that and say you got a discount for a product or special pricing, you could bump your price up to give yourself more profit or run the item as โ€œspecial buyโ€ to lure people in - but remember if you reorder that same item, it may cost you more if you bought on special promotion. 
So to your question of pricing to low or looking cheap, if you have followed your set guidelines and know you are making profit and sell an item โ€œcheaperโ€ - use verbiage. that lures your customer in like special buy, special discount, or limited quantity- get them while supply lasts, etc and your customers will appreciate that item and that discount - but if everything is discounted all the time, you could be be labeled a discount store with a lesser quality product and/or not make enough product to stay in business. 

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Love this idea - so true. They think "why is this so inexpensive"

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Thanks for your like 

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